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Update - January 25, 2026

Parish Family Listening Sessions

The next opportunity to participate in the Partners in the Gospel process is coming up next week! Parish Family 45 will be hosting another round of listening sessions so that we can hear from you on the topic of “Who Do We Want to Become?” All parishioners are highly encouraged to attend any one of these sessions. Parishioners may attend a session at any of the locations, so please go to the one that works for your schedule! See the schedule below:

Sunday, 2/1, 2:00 pm at St. Joseph

Sunday, 2/1, 2:00 pm at St. Joseph (Spanish)

Sunday, 2/1, 2:00 pm at the Proto-Cathedral (Vietnamese)

Tuesday, 2/3, 6:00 pm at Our Lady of Lourdes

Update - January 18, 2026

Grief to Growth: Navigating Change in the Partners Process

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 27th at 6:00 p.m. The Proto-Cathedral will host an event focused on navigating the challenges of the Partners in the Gospel process. The evening will be facilitated by Tom East, Parish Family Liaison and gifted facilitator. This is a valuable opportunity for insight, conversation, and guidance—you won’t want to miss it.

Update - January 4, 2026

New Parish Family Name

We would like to share a brief update on the process for selecting a new parish name. For now, “Parish Family 45” is simply a temporary placeholder. Each parish within the family continues to retain its current parish name until we formally become one canonical parish.

As our parish family works together in the coming months, we will develop a One Parish Plan that will guide how we come together as a single parish. In the final phase of that process, we will begin discerning a new parish name from an approved list provided by the Archdiocese of Seattle. This list includes both more recent saint names and more traditional parish names.

Our parish family will submit its top five name choices, and the final parish name will be selected by the Archbishop. This new parish name will be distinct from the names of existing parishes in our region. Church buildings will continue to retain their current names.

We will share additional updates as the name discernment process moves forward.

Update - November 30, 2025

Listening Session Synthesis: Phase 1

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Parish Family Listening Sessions in October! Our Parish Family Advisory Council has finalized the Synthesis Report, recapping what was shared in these listening sessions. Click here to read the full report!

Update - September 16 2025

The next opportunity to participate in the Partners in the Gospel process is coming up this fall! Parish Family 45 will be hosting another round of listening sessions so that we can hear from you on the topic of “What opportunities and challenges exist for us?” All parishioners are highly encouraged to attend any one of these sessions.

Parishioners may attend the sessions at any of the locations, so please go to the one that works for your schedule! See the schedule below:

October 4, 10:00 am, Our Lady of Lourdes
October 7, 6:30 pm, St. Joseph
October 15, 1:00 pm, Proto-Cathedral
October 19, Following the 11:30 am Mass, St. Joseph (Spanish)
October 19, 1:30 pm, Following the Vietnamese Mass, Proto-Cathedral (Vietnamese)

We are also happy to release the “What Are Our Gifts and Viability Synthesis Report”! Thank you to everyone who participated in our parish family survey. This Synthesis Report reflects the results of the survey. The Parish Family Advisory Council received the comments and feedback that were included with the surveys but were outside of the scope of the survey questions. We truly appreciate your input! To read the synthesis of the survey responses as well as other viability data about our parish family please click here! Physical copies are also available at the welcome desk, and the report will be included in the bulletin on September 28.

Update - April 9, 2025

All parish families in our archdiocese are tasked with forming a “Parish Family Advisory Council”. This council is comprised of parishioners from all three locations in our parish family, and their task is to help our parish family discern our future parish life.

We are excited to announce the Parish Family 45 Advisory Council! Please keep this council in your prayers as we continue to work through the Partners in the Gospel process.

All parishioners at all three locations will have the opportunity to participate in this process through listening sessions throughout different stages of the process. Please watch the bulletin for more information on when these listening sessions will take place.

Parish Family 45 Advisory Council:

The Proto-Cathedral

Nancy Nguyen
Vince Hochanadel
Thu-Van Nguyen
Melissa Thomas

Our Lady of Lourdes

Leanne Williams
Marilyn Gaffrey
Jeannie Bryant-Capellas
Mike Wright

St. Joseph

Christina Perez
Megan Westbrook
Kim Kapp
Emilio Bullanday
Linda Jo Devlaeminck

Update - February 2, 2025

Five parishioners from across the three churches in Parish Family 45 have agreed to serve as members of our new Hospitality Team! This team will be meeting in regard to shared parish liturgies, celebrations, and the annual parish family picnic. Their role will be to organize each event and find members from their church campus to do the work necessary to run the event. At the moment, the events on the schedule include the Confirmation Mass, Parish Family Picnic, and the Rite of Election reception. This team also assisted with the 175th anniversary celebration at the Proto Cathedral on January 25.

This is just one of many small steps along the journey to becoming one canonical parish in 2027. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work toward that goal!